2003 World Men's Curling Championship

2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
ArenaWinnipeg Arena
DatesApril 5–13, 2003
Winner Canada
Curling clubAvonair CC, Edmonton, Alberta
SkipRandy Ferbey
ThirdDavid Nedohin
SecondScott Pfeifer
LeadMarcel Rocque
AlternateDan Holowaychuk
CoachBrian Moore
Finalist Switzerland (Ralph Stöckli)
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The 2003 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 5–13, 2003.

Teams

 Canada  Denmark  Finland  Germany
Avonair CC, Edmonton, Alberta

Fourth: David Nedohin
Skip: Randy Ferbey
Second: Scott Pfeifer
Lead: Marcel Rocque
Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Ulrik Schmidt
Third: Lasse Lavrsen
Second: Carsten Svensgaard
Lead: Joel Ostrowski
Alternate: Christian Hansen

Oulunkylän Curlinghalli, Helsinki

Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Kalle Kiiskinen
Second: Aku Kauste
Lead: Teemu Salo
Alternate: Tony Träskelin

CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen

Skip: Andreas Lang
Third: Rainer Beiter
Second: Jürgen Beck
Lead: Sebastian Schweizer
Alternate: Jörg Engesser

 South Korea  Norway  Scotland  Sweden
Gyeong-buk CC, Gyeongbuk

Skip: Lee Dong-Keun
Third: Kim Soo-Hyuk
Second: Park Jae-Cheol
Lead: Choi Min-Suk
Alternate: Ko Seung-Wan

Stabekk CC, Oslo

Skip: Pål Trulsen
Third: Lars Vågberg
Second: Flemming Davanger
Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell
Alternate: Niels Siggaard Andersen

St. Martins CC, Perth

Skip: Warwick Smith
Third: Peter Smith
Second: Ewan MacDonald
Lead: David Hay
Alternate: Graham Cormack

Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall

Skip: Per Carlsén
Third: Mikael Norberg
Second: Rickard Hallström
Lead: Fredrik Hallström
Alternate: Niklas Berggren

 Switzerland  United States
St. Galler Bär CC, Zürich

Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Claudio Pescia
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Marco Battilana

Bemidji CC, Bemidji, Minnesota

Skip: Pete Fenson
Third: Eric Fenson
Second: Shawn Rojeski
Lead: John Shuster
Alternate: Scott Baird

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country Skip W L
 Canada Randy Ferbey 8 1
 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 7 2
 Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 7 2
 Norway Pål Trulsen 6 3
 Sweden Per Carlsén 5 4
 Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 4 5
 Scotland Peter Smith 4 5
 United States Pete Fenson 2 7
 Germany Andreas Lang 1 8
 South Korea Dong-Keun Lee 1 8

Round robin results

Draw 1

April 5, 2003 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
 Scotland (Smith) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X X 4
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 X X X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Carlsén) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 6
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 X 9
 Germany (Lang) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 5

Draw 2

April 6, 2003 08:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 X X 9
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 X 8
 Germany (Lang) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Sweden (Carlsén) 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Fenson) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
 Scotland (Smith) 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 7
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 8

Draw 3

April 6, 2003 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 9
 Germany (Lang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Smith) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
 Sweden (Carlsén) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 X X 6
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 South Korea (Lee) 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 1 X X 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 4
 Norway (Trulsen) (has hammer) 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 X 8

Draw 4

April 7, 2003 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Smith) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Fenson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 6
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 9
 Germany (Lang) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
 Canada (Ferbey) 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Carlsén) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9
 Denmark (Schmidt) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6

Draw 5

April 8, 2003 08:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Fenson) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 7
 Canada (Ferbey) 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 10
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Smith) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
 Sweden (Carlsén) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Lang) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
 South Korea (Lee) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5

Draw 6

April 8, 2003 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Lang) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Carlsén) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
 Norway (Trulsen) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 7
 United States (Fenson) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 7

April 9, 2003 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Lang) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
 Scotland (Smith) 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Carlsén) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
 United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5

Draw 8

April 10, 2003 08:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Carlsén) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
 Canada (Ferbey) 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Lang) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
 United States (Fenson) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Smith) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Lee) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 9

April 10, 2003 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Carlsén) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 8
 United States (Fenson) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
 Norway (Trulsen) (has hammer) 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 7
 South Korea (Lee) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Lang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 1 0 0 2 3 2 X X X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 6 X X 12
 Scotland (Smith) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 X X 5

Playoffs

Brackets

Semi-final Final
      
1  Canada 9
4  Norway 8
1  Canada 10
3  Switzerland 6
3  Switzerland 7
2  Finland 1 Bronze medal
4  Norway 9
2  Finland 7

Semi-final

April 12, 2003 08:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 9
 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8
Player percentages
 Canada  Norway
Marcel Rocque 84% Bent Ånund Ramsfjell 75%
Scott Pfeifer 78% Flemming Davanger 84%
Randy Ferbey 71% Lars Vågberg 78%
David Nedohin 84% Pål Trulsen 69%
Total 80% Total 76%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 X X 7
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Player percentages
 Switzerland  Finland
Simon Strübin 92% Teemu Salo 92%
Pascal Sieber 86% Aku Kauste 70%
Claudio Pescia 81% Kalle Kiiskinen 80%
Ralph Stöckli 88% Markku Uusipaavalniemi 64%
Total 87% Total 76%

Bronze medal game

April 13, 2003 08:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Trulsen) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 9
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7
Player percentages
 Norway  Finland
Bent Ånund Ramsfjell 88% Teemu Salo 70%
Flemming Davanger 69% Aku Kauste 58%
Lars Vågberg 83% Kalle Kiiskinen 60%
Pål Trulsen 80% Markku Uusipaavalniemi 63%
Total 80% Total 63%

Final

April 13, 2003 12:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Ferbey) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 X 10
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 6
Player percentages
 Canada  Switzerland
Marcel Rocque 96% Simon Strübin 96%
Scott Pfeifer 85% Pascal Sieber 82%
Randy Ferbey 79% Claudio Pescia 72%
David Nedohin 72% Ralph Stöckli 64%
Total 82% Total 78%
2003 Ford World Curling Championship
Canada
Canada
28th title

Top percentages

Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips %
Canada Marcel Rocque 88 Canada Scott Pfeifer 85 Canada Randy Ferbey 85 Canada David Nedohin 84
United States John Shuster 87 Norway Flemming Davanger 84 Switzerland Claudio Pescia 84 Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 81
Norway Bent Ånund Ramsfjell 85 Switzerland Pascal Sieber 82 Norway Lars Vågberg 81 Norway Pål Trulsen 78
Switzerland Simon Strübin 85 Sweden Rickard Hallström 81 Finland Kalle Kiiskinen 80 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 77
Denmark Joel Ostrowski 84 Finland Aku Kauste 80 Sweden Mikael Norberg 77 Sweden Per Carlsén 75

References